Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
W.BALL & SON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Burr Lane, Ilkeston, Derby DE7 5JD
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles (13.96 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 24/12/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 21/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-03 with no updates
- 27/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Andrew Wayne Ollerenshaw as a director on 2025-10-14
- 15/10/2025View PDF (15 pages)
Registration of charge 005356640008, created on 2025-10-09
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
17/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 03/12/2025Due 17/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 03/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 03/12/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures W.BALL & SON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.50M2025
28.46%vs 20242024: £1.17M
Total Assets
£4.02M2025
14.15%vs 20242024: £3.52M
Cash in Bank
£74.92K2025
95.66%vs 20242024: £38.29K
Total Liabilities
£1.73M2025
2.19%vs 20242024: £1.69M
Employees
02025
0vs 20242024: 0
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 14.15% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for W.BALL & SON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through W.BALL & SON LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +4.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | -49 |
| 2023 | 49 | +4 |
| 2022 | 45 | -2 |
| 2021 | 47 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 47 in 2021 to 0 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
13Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 02/02/2004–01/05/2018 | 1 | |
| Director | 02/05/2023–31/01/2024 | 1 | |
| Director | 16/05/2018–12/08/2022 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 01/05/2018–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 15/04/2014–15/01/2016 | 2 | |
| Director | 02/01/2018–19/10/2018 | 2 | |
| Director | 01/01/2005–31/01/2019 | 2 | |
| Director | 01/04/2007–31/12/2019 | 1 | |
| Director | 10/04/2008–01/10/2021 | 0 | |
| Director | 04/12/2020–30/05/2024 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/01/2005–31/01/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/11/2016–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 14/10/2025–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 17
- Since 12/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 4
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 24/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 24/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 21/12/2025
- Officer changesLatest 27/10/2025
- Charges and mortgagesLatest 15/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 24/12/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 21/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-03 with no updates
- 27/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Andrew Wayne Ollerenshaw as a director on 2025-10-14
- 15/10/2025View PDF (15 pages)
Registration of charge 005356640008, created on 2025-10-09
- 10/09/2025View PDF (14 pages)
Registration of charge 005356640007, created on 2025-09-08
- 25/07/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Registration of charge 005356640006, created on 2025-07-24
- 09/07/2025View PDF (16 pages)
Registration of charge 005356640005, created on 2025-07-08
- 25/03/2025View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 09/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-03 with no updates
- 31/05/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Kevin Thompson as a director on 2024-05-30
- 31/01/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Robert Michael Shearman as a director on 2024-01-31
- 22/12/2023View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
Showing 12 of 17 filings
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About W.BALL & SON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
W.BALL & SON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Burr Lane, Ilkeston, Derby DE7 5JD. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles. It has been on the register for 72 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.50M and 0 employees.
W.BALL & SON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records W.BALL & SON LIMITED under one registered business activity: Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles (13.96 - SIC 2007).
W.BALL & SON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 12/07/1954.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.50M, total assets of £4.02M, cash in bank of £74.92K and total liabilities of £1.73M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 24/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 17/12/2026.
Companies House lists 13 officers (3 currently in post) and 0 people with significant control.